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Pericles

Name: Pericles
Author: Skeele, David
ISBN: 9780415874335

by Skeele, David

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Pericles: Critical Essays brings together the most essential critical essays and theatrical reviews of Shakespeare's play from the late 17th century to the present, providing a representative gathering of critical opinion of Pericles over the centuries.

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Pericles: Critical Essays brings together the most essential critical essays and theatrical reviews of Shakespeare's play from the late 17th century to the present, providing a representative gathering of critical opinion of Pericles over the centuries. David Skeele's introduction identifies the critical issues and problems the play has raised, cites and evaluates significant critical works, and gives readers a guide to research on the play.

About the Author, Skeele, David

David Skeele is Professor in Playwriting and Acting at Slippery Rock University. He is author of Thwarting the Wayward Seas: A Critical and Theatrical History of Shakespeare's Pericles in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries and several original plays.

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, one of the Bard's least performed and most disliked plays, is discussed in this collection of works by the likes of Ben Jonson, Algernon Swinburne, Janet Adelman, and Jack Kroll in 36 essays divided into two sections: and the critics, and on stage. Skeele introduces the volume, indicating that no matter how popular the play was in its time, it has not only pitted critic against audience and critic against critic, but has divided critics within themselves, extolling the play's virtues and denouncing its failings. Ben Jonson was one of the first to be angered at the popularity of the tale, especially among those vulgar masses. Jonson called a "mouldy tale" and wrote: "If they [the public] love lees, and leave the lusty wine, envy them not, their palate's with the swine." Neither index, bibliography, nor contributor notes are anywhere to be found. This is one of 12 Garland critical editions on the Shake's plays and sonnets. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)